"A chicken for every pot and a car in every garage to boot." This was the slogan for Herbert Hoover's 1927 presidential campaign, and it has set the ever increasing standard of the American middle class dream. Yet this idea of a happy life is different than the biblical vision of Psalm 128.

Unless God is in it, all is vain. With God, there is great reward.

What about when the storm hits? What can we do to bring back our happiness?

King David used his imagination to wonder what it would have been had God not been on his side, and we can do the same. We can learn that God preserves his people, though he does't always prevent. However, not matter what, we should praise.

When we feel like we've had it up to here, we need mercy from God. Learn how to call out to him with a simple prayer.

Have you ever not wanted to go to church? What do we do then? Like David, we can and should rejoice when we go to the house of the LORD.

Like asking for directions, sometimes we wait unit "there's nothing left to do but pray," but asking God for help should be our first, continual, and last step.

How do we move from distress to peace? This song will help us get there as we experience real hurt and pain with three steps toward peace.

Believing in Jesus Christ does not just leave you on your own, it gives you a new family.

Finding God's will doesn't have to be like asking a magic 8-ball, God wants us to have a new mind.